Roca CEO and leadership

Molly Baldwin is a Founder & CEO at ROCA, INC. and is based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She has worked as Counselor & Advocate at Survival College, LLC and Counselor at Just-A-Start. Molly studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lesley University.

Anisha Chablani started her career at Roca as a youth worker in 2000, and began running programming in 2002. As a Chief Programming Officer, Anisha oversees Roca’s staff training functions and is responsible for creating and implementing Roca’s performance based management system. As part of this role, Anisha leads Roca’s efforts in driving towards outcomes, maintaining fidelity to the Roca Intervention Model, and leading the development and implementation of Roca’s CBT curriculum.

Anisha has over 15 years of direct service experience working with very high-risk young adults and has over 8 years of program and organizational management experience.

Anisha holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Boston College and a Master’s Degree in Education from Lesley University.

Kathi Anne Reinstein has joined Roca as its new Chief of Government Relations & External Affairs, a role, which will oversee Roca’s federal, state and local relations, communications, and advocacy work.

Most recently, Reinstein served as the Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs for Massachusetts State Treasurer since 2017. Prior to that, she worked as the Government Affairs Manager for the Boston Beer Company, where she managed the brand’s government relations strategy. Reinstein represented the people of Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2014. She was the youngest woman member of House Leadership, working as the Second Assistant Majority Leader, Assistant Majority Whip and Third Division Floor Leader in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Reinstein has an extensive background in development and external affairs strategies, having provided leadership and counsel while serving in a number of roles working with government agencies, elected officials, and trade organizations.

Reinstein graduated from Suffolk University in 1993 with a BS in Public Relations and Organizational Communication and continued her education at Emerson College, receiving a MA in Political Communication in 1997. She is currently an adjunct professor at Suffolk University and was an adjunct professor at Emerson College from 2010 to 2013.

Lili Elkins has served as Roca’s Chief Development and Strategy Officer since 2011 and, prior to that, served as a consultant to Roca for five years. Lili provides assistance with resource development; strategic planning and financial forecasting; program design, development, operations and replication; program evaluation, including work with third party evaluators; and operation of special projects.

In addition to her work at Roca, Lili is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Executive Program for a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, where she teaches Financial Management in Government and Nonprofits and in Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health where she teaches Public Health Finance.

Lili has over 20 years of fundraising, program design and program management experience working with non-profits. A member of the New Jersey Bar, she has her J.D. from Rutgers University, an M.A. in public policy and administration from Columbia University, and a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University.

Scott Blackman has over 25 years of international financial and operational experience across a number of industries. He is a results-focused analytical strategic leader and business partner skilled in creating actionable plans and driving results in fast paced manufacturing and service industries. He has achieved significant operational improvements using Kaizen, Six Sigma and LEAN techniques as well as implementation of directed analysis, measurements, and policies and procedures. He brings extensive experience with offshoring, including building international financial staffs.

Molly Baldwin is a Founder & CEO at ROCA, INC. and is based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She has worked as Counselor & Advocate at Survival College, LLC and Counselor at Just-A-Start. Molly studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lesley University.

Molly Baldwin is a Founder & CEO at ROCA, INC. and is based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She has worked as Counselor & Advocate at Survival College, LLC and Counselor at Just-A-Start. Molly studied at University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lesley University.

Anisha Chablani started her career at Roca as a youth worker in 2000, and began running programming in 2002. As a Chief Programming Officer, Anisha oversees Roca’s staff training functions and is responsible for creating and implementing Roca’s performance based management system. As part of this role, Anisha leads Roca’s efforts in driving towards outcomes, maintaining fidelity to the Roca Intervention Model, and leading the development and implementation of Roca’s CBT curriculum.

Anisha has over 15 years of direct service experience working with very high-risk young adults and has over 8 years of program and organizational management experience.

Anisha holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Boston College and a Master’s Degree in Education from Lesley University.

Lili Elkins has served as Roca’s Chief Development and Strategy Officer since 2011 and, prior to that, served as a consultant to Roca for five years. Lili provides assistance with resource development; strategic planning and financial forecasting; program design, development, operations and replication; program evaluation, including work with third party evaluators; and operation of special projects.

In addition to her work at Roca, Lili is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Executive Program for a Master’s Degree in Public Administration, where she teaches Financial Management in Government and Nonprofits and in Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health where she teaches Public Health Finance.

Lili has over 20 years of fundraising, program design and program management experience working with non-profits. A member of the New Jersey Bar, she has her J.D. from Rutgers University, an M.A. in public policy and administration from Columbia University, and a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University.